Classed Divided
Chapter 5
Oooh, the plot thickens.
People have been looking at me weird all day. I know that I've got a heavy amount of makeup on my face, but it's not that bad, is it? I pulled my bag strap tighter as I walked towards the gym. What is with people? I've only had English and Biology today, and people have just stared and whispered about me all day. As I stepped towards the locker room for Gym, I heard a weird noise.
"I keep forgetting you got switched to my class." I grinned at the gruff and 'scaly' teacher, Renekton.
"What's up, teach. Don't like me?" He huffed again.
"It's not that, it's the whining all the boys do about having to go against you." He tapped his pen against his knuckle. I got moved from the girl's class because I was apparently 'too aggressive'. "Why don't you go practice your boxing? I'll see if I can send Darius along with you."
"You got it, chief." I grinned, winking and mock saluting as I stepped into the locker room. Again, people looked at me weirdly, but they always do in here. Being a lesbian in a room full of straight girls is like wearing a jacket of flashing lights. Plus point; I get my own space. I dropped my bag onto the floor and pulled my jacket off.
"Hey." I raised an eyebrow at the girl who approached. Do people usually wear black fox ears?
"Hey. Ahri, right?" She smiled and shook my hand. "Nobody's ever walked up to me in here before."
"Well, you're the talk of the school right now. Usually I'm the one in the spotlight."
"Really?" She nodded. "What are they saying about me?" Ahri leaned against one of the lockers and folded her arms.
"That you attacked one of the royalty members of the school." I raised an eyebrow. "I think it was Cassiopeia?"
"I'd have no reason to touch Cass." Everybody but us was starting to leave the locker room.
"Even so, people still believe it. The rumour started from the royalty circle." Huffing, I turned to her. "People here are going to believe the higher-ups."
"Are you telling me this as a warning, or do you just want your spotlight back?" Ahri laughed and put her hand on my shoulder.
"I've slept with a lot of people to get to be popular. Of course I want it back." I studied her face, and then smiled.
"How about this; you watch my back and tell me about this stuff, and I'll stay as quiet as possible."
"Deal."
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As I walked toward the gym, I was pulling my boxing tape around my hands tighter with my teeth.
"Shake those tailfeathers, baby!" Somebody laughed. Who the hell is inside the boxing studio?
"Don't tell me what to shake!" Pushing the door open, I watched a boy start clapping for a girl stood on a chair, arms spread out. Why… why are they covered in feathers? "Come on, Xayah! I got you!" She jumped off the chair and sprinted across the floor, jumping into the boy's arms. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have his footing right, and they both hit the floor.
"Rakan!" He couldn't really speak. He had too much boob in his face.
"As much as that was fun to watch," They both jumped as I stepped inside. "This is the boxing studio. You guys shouldn't be in here."
"Says who?" Xayah pushed herself to her feet, and pulled Rakan up.
"Says me. I'm the boxer here."
"Hell, you don't look like much." I glared at Rakan.
"What are you two, anyway? Clowns?"
"Oh, burn." Xayah rolled her eyes. "We're dancers. There isn't much upstairs for you, is there?"
"Lap dancers…" I muttered, kicking the door shut and stepping over to the equipment I left out last time.
"Hey!" One of them grabbed my shoulder. I turned and look at Rakan. "Are you callin' my girl a stripper?"
"No, I'm calling you both strippers." He looked at me for a few seconds, then back at Xayah.
"Is that just as bad?"
"Of course that's just as bad!" Grinning, I shook my head and picked up my gloves. The two feathered weirdoes had a shouting match across the gym as I pulled one of the glove straps tighter with my teeth and stepped over to the punching bag. This is the first once that was actually fastened to the ground, because me and Darius got a bit rough with the last one, and broke a window with it.
"What are you doing?" Rakan was stood behind me again. Creepy.
"Training." I tapped him on the side of the head with my glove.
"Well, where are we supposed to go if we can't practice in here?" Xayah asked, walking over. "All the other gyms have classes." I breathed in deeply, and then sighed.
"Alright, fine. You guys can stay in here. Just don't distract me, okay?"
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"And for the big finish!" I stopped outside the boxing studio and looked quizzically at the door.
"You don't need to shout that when you're boxing." Ok, there's Vi.
"Yes I do!" Pushing the door open, I looked up at the boxing ring, and saw Vi watching a boy I haven't seen before bounce around her in circles with his gloved hands raised. "Come on, boxer! Put 'em up!"
"You're not taking this seriously." Then she saw me. "Lux! Hey!" The boy that was dancing around he stopped to look at me, too.
"How long have you been here?" I asked, stepping inside.
"About 4 hours? I don't think that any of us gives a fuck about other lessons right now."
"Oh, this must be one of the princesses that I've heard about." A girl stepped out from behind the ring, arms folded and eyes narrowed.
"Xayah, be nice." The boy said, jumping out of the ring.
"Oh, please. You dislike people who are high and mighty just as much as I do, Rakan." He shrugged.
"Lux isn't as bad as the others." Vi said, leaning on the ropes. "Though, with the rumours being spread about me, I'm surprised that she's here."
"What rumours?" I let the door close, and no sooner than it had shut, it flew open again.
"Vi!" Jinx yelled. "Have you heard?!" She almost knocked me off my feet as she ran past.
"Who is that?" Xayah asked.
"My older sister." Vi hopped out of the ring and hugged Jinx as she ran over. Wait, older?! "What's the matter, Jinx?"
"People are saying you beat up Cass!"
"And who is 'Cass'?" Rakan asked, holding his hands up to Xayah so she could take his boxing gloves off.
"Another kid in the royalty circle. She's pretty nice, just a bit down on her luck."
"Are you guys new?" Jinx asked, eyes wide.
"We got in this morning." Rakan grinned. "We're Vastayan. The higher-ups here talent scouted us."
"Not that it was worth it. Most people here are dicks." Xayah huffed. Maybe I should leave?
"Ah, the frailty of ego." I jumped as Ekko's arm was laid over my shoulders. "You hear about people like this through the grapevine. There are a few Vastayan people around here. Most of 'em have some connection to animals."
"You got that right, time boy." Rakan grinned. "I've heard about you, too. Super genius that has nothing better to do than try and make his own time machine." Ekko let go of me and walked forward.
"Hey, it's better than trying to fuck eachother with all those feathers on."
"Come here, Time boy. I'm gonna beat you down in multiple timelines." Xayah started to walk forward, but was pulled back by Rakan. I really should leave. I only came because I was going to ask Vi if she wanted to play basketball with me, but she seems a bit too busy.
"Hey." She can always jog over to me. "Usually you don't come and find me. What's up?"
"I, uhm, just wanted to, uhm," Why am I struggling with words?
"Hey! Vi!" Xayah called over. "Are you gonna get your sister off of my boyfriend?" Jinx was pulling his arm.
"Oh for- Lux, you're gonna have to come back when I don't have quite so many people around." Vi jogged back and lifted Jinx off of her feet, away from Rakan's arm. The five of them quietly talked and argued amongst themselves for a while. What do I do now? My only plan was to spend time with Vi. Sighing, I stepped back out of the gym and pulled the door closed.
"Luxanna!" I almost jumped out of my skin. Garen gripped my shoulder and huffed. "What are you doing here?!"
"Am I not allowed to walk around anymore?" My brother narrowed his eyes at me.
"You should be on your own. It's not safe."
"I'm not a child, Garen." He gripped my arm and pulled me with him as he started walking.
"From now on, I'm not letting you out of my sight. Especially when that girl that you want to spend time with is so dangerous." Does he mean Vi? Since when is she dangerous?
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"Ok, so." Xayah started. "That princess that came into the gym earlier is the person that you like?"
"Where the hell did you get that from?" I asked, pulling Jinx closer. I've already been getting weird looks. Me, Jinx, Ekko, Xayah, and Rakan decided to grab something to eat after arguing for that long. And as much as I love my sister, when she decides to sit on my lap and sleep in the middle of a café, it tests my patience. She has her face in my neck and everything.
"You ran right over to her when she came into the gym."
"How does that prove anything?" Xayah smirked.
"Give me your hand." She grabbed it and inspected my fingers.
"What are you looking for?"
"To see how many of your fingernails are clipped." Both boys snorted, and Ekko started coughing up what he was drinking.
"Shove off, Xayah." I pulled my hand back, and she just sat there looking pleased with herself. "I'm not dating Lux."
"You want to date her." Ekko smirked.
"Come on. Even if I did, that is literally never going to happen." Raken huffed.
"That's lookin' at it in a bad light. What makes you say that there's no chance?" He asked.
"The entire school is looking at me funny because of a bad rumour. She probably believes it, too." Rakan cleared his throat.
"Why don't you work to change it, then?"
"How? That entire circle hates me." I rubbed the back of my head. "I don't even know why."
"Easy." Ekko started. "They think that you're taking the youngest member of their group from them. Any person, especially her brother, would get worried about that." The four of us looked between eachother. "Ok, how about this." We looked at Ekko. "If Xayah and Rakan are willing to help, we can go back to the dorms and plan something, because you have a match tonight."
"Oh, I forgot about that." I huffed, rubbing my forehead.
"Match?" Rakan asked.
"Yeah, there's a bar with a wrestling ring that I go to. I'm their champion boxer." Both of their eyebrows raised. "It's fun." I grinned. "After the main match, the presenter asks if somebody wants to go against me."
"So, you get to beat up drunks?"
"Not just drunks. They're also pretty sexist." Xayah scoffed.
"More power to you, then. Sounds like we've got the plan set out."
The next chapter is the one that I've planned since I started this. I love it.